Chapter 308: Dilemma

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In the temporary camp, When everyone heard Liu Yan’s words, they were all stunned.

The atmosphere was quiet.

Everyone looked at Liu Yan in disbelief and immediately exclaimed.

“What? Declare war? For real? Isn’t this too crazy?”

“The teams from other continents are not weak at all. Isn’t it too risky to declare war with them?”

“This idea is too crazy. Captain Liu Yan, do you really intend to do this?”

“Yes, this is too risky.”

“…”

Everyone was in an uproar, most of them had a look of disbelief on their faces.

Luo Qingcheng looked at Liu Yan with some surprise. She had just thought of this as well.

However, after thinking about it carefully, she felt that it was too risky, so she did not mention it.

She didn’t expect Liu Yan to think of this and bring it up himself.

At this moment, Liu Yan’s face was calm. He looked at the crowd and slowly explained, “Everyone, don’t be anxious. You may think that this choice is too crazy, but in fact, it is the only way for us to win this competition. After all, we don’t have enough time to collect the Lord’s token fragments in our territory. The other four teams have also allied in pairs. If we stay neutral, we are just waiting for death.”

The majority of the team members naturally understood this logic and felt that what Liu Yan said was right. This was indeed their current situation that was a dilemma.

Everyone looked at Liu Yan, waiting for him to continue.

Some people still had faces of disbelief, feeling that it was too crazy.

However, some noticed how calm Liu Yan was. They felt that he wasn’t recklessly thinking to advance. Perhaps there was indeed a chance, so they all looked at Liu Yan with anticipation.

At this moment, Liu Yan continued to explain, “Currently, our only choice is to declare war. Declaring war seems to be risky. After all, the other teams are not weak. They are all outstanding students from the four continents. Their strength might not be weaker than ours. In fact, they have even formed alliances. As long as we make a move against one of them, their ally will definitely join in.”

“However, it’s not like we don’t have a chance. It’s precisely because everyone thinks that we can’t possibly declare war that we have to do so. We should do something out of their expectations and launch a surprise attack. Then, we will have a chance! Overall, it’s considered high risk with high reward, but it’s also our only choice. We can only do so.”

After everyone heard Liu Yan’s explanation, they looked at each other. Everyone had their thoughts.

Zheng Tainan was the first to object, “I don’t agree. The logic stands, but it’s too risky. Those are the teams from the other continents. They’re not weak, they’re elites. They’ve even allied in pairs. If we make a move against one of them, we’ll definitely be retaliated against by the other. At that time, we’ll be eliminated.”

“That’s right,” Liu Qing echoed, “If we remain neutral now, perhaps we’ll be lucky enough to farm more treasure chests in the territory later on. Maybe we’ll even get high-grade treasure chests! When that time comes, won’t we have a chance to pass the trial on level 5 of the Tower?”

“I also think it’s too dangerous. It’s best if we don’t court death and declare war, right? It’s too risky,” Liu Ning also nodded.

Quite a few held the same opinion. They stood on Zheng Tainan’s side and questioned Liu Yan’s choice.

“Yes, Captain Liu Yan. We respect that you’re our captain, but this choice is too risky.”

“Captain Liu Yan, you’d better think about it. This is just too risky.”

“Either way, I wouldn’t dare to declare war. I don’t have the strength either.”

“Liu Yan, we know that you are strong, but this is a team system. It’s useless if you are strong alone. Both alliances have many experts. How can we be a match for them?”

“It’s better not to declare war.”

“…”

Luo Qingcheng, who had been silent all this while, opened her mouth and said, “Everyone, I think this is a good choice.”

Hearing Luo Qingcheng’s words, everyone looked at her.

Although Luo Qingcheng could not be compared to top-notch geniuses like Liu Yan, Allen Smith, and Xu Han, she was still one of the influential people in the two academies. Everyone knew that she was a genius student from Command School and had very high attainments in the field of command.

At this moment, seeing that Luo Qingcheng had something to say, everyone was looking forward to hearing her opinion.

Luo Qingcheng said frankly, “I agree with Liu Yan’s suggestion. Whatever he just said is indeed the truth. Everyone knows very well that if we remain neutral, it is equivalent to sitting on our hands and awaiting our doom. It is almost certain that we will be eliminated. Even if we are extremely lucky and many high-grade treasure chests are spawned in the territory later, allowing us to increase the speed of Lord’s token fragments collection and thus collect enough in advance, what if those two alliances target us and declare war on us then?”

When everyone heard this, they were stunned.

Thinking about it carefully, that was indeed the case.

To remain neutral was equivalent to waiting for one’s doom. There would be no other opportunities.

If they remained neutral, they could only wait to be lucky enough to obtain a pile of treasure chests in their territory. They would have to pray to their lucky stars that there were many high-grade treasure chests among the spawned chests. Only then would they have a chance to complete the trial on level 5 of the tower.

However, if that did happen, they would be targeted by the other two alliances. At that time, the other party would still declare war and plunder them.

After all, the strong preyed on the weak. Survival of the fittest was the rule of the Tower.

Even though they were all humans of the Blue Planet, they represented different continents that affected their respective interests.

When it involved interests, it was without a doubt that those people would not be merciful.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Luo Qingcheng smiled and continued, “Everyone should be able to think clearly. You know very well that even if we don’t declare war now, when the time comes, they will declare war on us. Instead of waiting for our doom, we should take the initiative to attack and declare war on them. Although it’s risky, as long as we grasp the opportunity and display our strength well, there will be many opportunities. Especially now, the four teams have just formed alliances. The relationships between the allies are not close yet, and they are not on guard either. Isn’t this the best opportunity for us?”

Hearing this, everyone agreed with Luo Qingcheng’s words. They all felt that it was very reasonable.

However, it was one thing to feel that it was reasonable, but another to implement it.

After all, the opponents were teams from the other four continents. They were all elites and had great strength.

Now that they had allied in pairs, declaring war on them would undoubtedly require a great deal of courage.

Moreover, everyone could predict that if they failed after declaring war, it would mean that they would have no chance of passing the trial on level 5 of the tower. They would be eliminated.

Even if they succeeded in declaring war, they would suffer the revenge of the other teams later on.

It seems that the Land of Origin team would be in an extremely awkward position either way.